SERMON/HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF THE 2ND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR II BLESSED MICHAEL TANSI 20TH JANUARY 2024
HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF THE 2ND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR II (BLESSED MICHAEL TANSI) Phil.2:1-11; Isa.12; Matthew 13:44-46 The Need to be Selfless In the gospel reading, we are presented with similar actions of a man and a merchant. Both discovered great asset that they priced to be more valuable than all of their assets. For this reason, they sold all that they had to acquire the most valuable asset. Jesus told these parables as he was teaching the crowds about the kingdom of heaven. The valuable assets represent heaven. And so, the goal of the parables is to teach us that heaven is the most valuable asset we can acquire. It is worth any sacrifice we can make for us to belong there. Jesus wants us to understand that belonging to heaven necessarily demands some sacrifices on our path. But then, without the spirit of selflessness, one cannot dare to make sacrifices. A person who is so selfish and thinks only of the self, may unconsciously find it difficult to consider eternity. In the ...